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I'm not a super fan of Animal Crossing, I enjoy them but usually drop them after a year, but I'm just glad there's a new Spin-Off. Switch 1 only got 2 new Spin-Offs, a port, & a Remaster. I'm just hoping this is a sign of more to come and not just a drop in the bucket where everything else is a mobile game.

An RPG with town building and sim elements could be really cool if executed properly. You go from a few random houses to a village to a town to a city, and while growing you're doing things like defending the place from monsters, gathering resources, recruiting and training NPCs, etc. Almost like That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime but as gameplay that can change each playthrough, in the Octopath world.

And while I get why people are upset it's just Octopath in name only, I wouldn't want it to be Octopath 3 so soon. Give us a big gap between them like 1 & 2 so they feel special. Experiment with Spin-Offs and side games in-between like The Pokémon Company used to do before the Switch.

Stopped playing this game because it has a crippling bug on Switch 2 that will take control from you and leave you standing still or moving in the last direction pressed for up to 7 seconds, and anytime Tencent is asked about it they say it doesn't exist.

It's wild to think how many companies like Ubisoft went from dominating the industry during the Wii/360/PS3 Gen to being shells of their former selves by the end of the Wii U/XBO/PS4 Gen.

It was fun, but IDK if I'd pay $70 for it. It's basically All-Stars Racing Transformed 2, and I think it does the non-repetitive track idea a little better than the bit I played of Mario Kart Work, but... that's a lot of money for a game that'll probably be dead online in a few months.

It's either September or December. A coin flip of which is Prime 4 and which is Age of Imprisonment IMO.

I'd rather just have more Sonic characters instead of guest characters that aren't voiced. If anything the interactions would've added a lot of value to past characters who were only in one or two games interacting with the current versions of ones that are main stays. Still interested in the game, but I won't be touching the Season Pass unless it's after a decent discount.

@N00BiSH I know, but they still should disclose stuff that that ahead of time in the future.

I'm glad they're not just giving new Megas to already popular Pokémon.

Here's hoping it doesn't need $300+ in peripherals to use the Switch 2 Version like Jamboree does.

I'm really interested in it, but I'd like to try a Demo of it first. I'm still surprised Nintendo doesn't make that many of them, as there's always people who haven't tried some game.

@sixrings Isn't Pokémon Legends ZA for October??

@MrGawain This. If people are interested in those games, most don't wait a decade or longer for them to come to a Nintendo system. Switch & Switch 2 are a little different with the portability factor, but it's still a pretty small group still.

I'm pretty sure the rumor of the MCC coming to anything else was wrong, everything seems to point to a Remake of Halo CE now.

They've been trying to recapture the attention of people who dropped out after Gen 2-4 for awhile now, with things like Megas, Regional Forms, Kanto Gigantimax forms, & another remake of Kanto. But ultimately the most interest I've seen those people express in Pokémon was for Legends Arceus and New Pokémon Snap. They were interested in Legends because it was something new, but even if they did like it, repeating it with some tweaking is not it. And New Pokémon Snap was because people want Spin-Offs that aren't mobile games, but nothing was learned it seems.

If it had some form of Local play I'd pick it up, but I have no interest in another Multiplayer focused game. Which is sad, because it looks like a weird but interesting mix of Rocket League and NBA Jam, which is a sick idea.

Truly the Disney of Gaming in the worst way.

Mario 35+5, which will be delisted within the year and unplayable from that point.

Pokemon Unite has random lag spikes that make you lose control for at least 3 seconds, specifically on Switch 2. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

@Axecon I mean, going from nothing at all to 'Winter' is something.

It was okay all things considered, but I expected it was gonna be a bunch of old ports of things that already exist so soon after the Switch 2 launch. It's something that needed to happen even if most didn't care. There were still some neat things like Octopath Traveler 0, Monster Hunter Stories 3, & Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac though.

There's so many amazing Spin-Off IPs The Pokémon Company sits on that'd make perfect budget digital titles for the Switch... and we got none of them. Instead we get low effort mobile games with more microtransactions options than Levels of gameplay. The only reason we got a sequel to Snap is because they couldn't think of a way to make it a mobile game.

A part of me feels TPC only brought this into existence to use it as an excuse to go after Pokemon Showdown.

Historically speaking, console companies and game makers ditch any kind of peripherals like cameras after the first year or two of launch. Between that, the cost of living being so high right now, and the fact I personally still have a perfectly functional Wii and Kinect for similar if not superior experiences, I can't see myself getting the upgrade nor all the parts needed for it.

@Darthmoogle It's wild that the XBO & PS4 versions of GW1 still have lobbies. It's only for the Garden Ops, Team Vanquish, & Gardens & Graveyards Modes, but the fact there's enough people for full to nearly fully lobbies is crazy. Crazy Dave even.

I'm not sure how you make the original PvZ worth $20. Like the Campaign was perfect and the graphics only need to and can be upgraded so much. I guess they could add more Mini Games & Side Modes, but knowing modern Popcap it'll be the same game, paid and still with ads and things stripped out.

Things like this are meaningless, because they're a one-use code. So if you ever want to reset, you'll lose it forever. TPC is archaic and is still acting like we don't have system IDs to tie things like this or other big/important Mystery Gift Items to. You can still have small or Limited things be used for Mystery Gifts, but things like clothing or Events like the BDSP ones should be tied to your Nintendo ID to be used on repeat playthroughs.

@AG_Awesome You said, "I’d have preferred updates to Mario Party Superstars". If you wanna tell me what these updates should cost for what you're asking in relation to the $20 upgrade to Jamboree, that would still just be an update/upgrade, do explain. In fact feel free to actually explain your logic at all, instead of avoiding talking about it at all costs and hiding behind 'it's an opinion', as if that exempts it from anything.

@AG_Awesome I'm not triggered and infuriated, I'm dumbstruck with your greed and lack of common sense. There's a planetary size difference between accepting and praising whatever they sell and asking for them to make a game 4K 60FPS, add 1.5x the content the original had, and only charge $10-20 for it.

I feel sorry for anyone who tries to play this Competitively with how fast they add cards. Especially with there being no kind of pity system or way to increase odds after tons of duds. You'd have to be insane to put money into a game like this.

@AG_Awesome I see expectations from people are still ridiculous. The update you're describing would be enough for a whole new game.

Between not improving the base game and requiring so many new extra peripherals, it should've been free. Then again this is the same Nintendo that decided Switch 2 Welcome Tour was a product (not game) that should be made and sold, so...

Should've been $10 between not upgrading anything of the base game and requiring a pretty penny since it also needs a camera and multiple pairs of Switch 2 Joycons. I'll be skipping this one.

@Markatron84 Legendary Beasts is the correct term, as while they're mostly based on big cats, they do have canine elements to their designs.

Remember when we used to get spin-offs that weren't mobile games? Good times.

Getting Dragonair's type of tail is cool, but the wings on the head just remind me of Tera Flying, just not as a gem.

@Ryu_Niiyama This. It's sad they more or less gave up, as I think they hit a perfect balance of worthwhile content across multiple games while not being game changing physical DLC with the Wolf Link amiibo.

The amiibo readers on the Switch 2's Joycons are so much better. With the Switch 1 there was either a significant delay or it'd just struggle or fail to read them occasionally (more often on the Pro Controller).

@NinjaWaddleDee The sad thing is based on the leaks, GameFreak knows people want changes but Nintendo tells them no. Nintendo and everything they're part of feels more corpo than ever, and with Pokémon specifically it feels more about crossovers and brand deals at this point than the games. The main games are on a CoD conveyer belt but without multiple teams on multiple lines, and spin-offs are all but completely axed in favor of mobile games that can bleed some people who whale and be shut off in a few years.

@foursider Pokémon Let's GO was the closest you're getting to a Yellow Remake, and they didn't even go all in with the interesting stuff and changes from the anime for that like Team Rocket invading the SS Anne. Couldn't even give Jessie & James their Lickitung & Victreebel from later on.

Gonna be a lot of mobile game filler as usually. Assuming a minute or two of showing off/reminding people Colosseum & XD are coming to the GameCube app. The teaser is probably just adding Pokémon music to the Nintendo app. That or a Rhythm mobile game, as TPC doesn't make full-fledged spin-offs anymore. They really need to show off more of Legends ZA, like how it runs and how you'll acquire Mega Stones. In X&Y most of them were post-game only and it sucked, so how early you can or can't get them with the return of Megas being a selling point is gonna matter.

I just got my Switch 2 a few days ago, and... I'm not feeling it Mr. Krabs. World feels like a spin-off rather than Mario Kart 9, similar to Forza Horizon and Motorsport. There's a lot in common, but they are not the same games. And I really hope that World isn't the new standard.

I can't really add much in relation to the article aside from yeah, there's 0 reason costumes shouldn't just be in a sub-menu when you select a character instead of having their own space on the character select.

I hate the combination of the slow pace they add Pokémon and how they jump between Gens in GO. It feels like they just finished adding the Gen 7 'Mons and there's still almost the entirety of Gens 8 & 9 with Gen 10 around the corner. I don't expect them to keep pace with the main games, but at LEAST try and keep a 1 Gen gap.

@Not_Soos No problem. It was earlier in the year, so it might've been around the time of Switch 2 rumors/news and got buried fast.

The 'modern gaming audience' being a factor is the equivalent of bigfoot being a deciding factor in a country's election. Maybe don't make Ubisoft choices and make games for people that can buy them, instead of people that will only pay you in Twitter Likes.

@Not_Soos It is back though, and has been for a minute. It's one from the last batch they permanently added to be unlocked with Special Tickets.

Only missed the Mario Wonder one out of this bunch, but excited to get it again.

I've lost all interest in amiibo since the base ones hit $30. They aren't doing anything with them to even justify a price jump to $20, and certainly not enough for $30.

@Samalik I honestly have no idea how they go from Smash Ultimate to the next game unless they do this.

Wonder if the Werehog Pack will be available later on, or if they'll screw people over who didn't pre-order.